Mississippi State brings bats to life, avoids sweep against LSU

12:30 AM,
Mar. 18, 2013

Written by

Logan Lowery
Special to The Clarion-Ledger

No. 11 Mississippi State may have entered Sunday's game hoping to avoid being swept at home by second-ranked LSU.

But the Bulldogs did more than just salvage the third game of the series. MSU made a statement offensively with a 10-2 victory over the Tigers to earn its first conference win.

"We know we're still a good ballclub and are still playing good," said MSU first baseman Wes Rea. "When two quality teams are playing each other a ball can roll this way or that way and it swings the game. We're going to keep playing with confidence and (losing the series) didn't hurt us any." ...